Welcome to Salem City School District

Our Mission

The Salem City School District will be a high-performance district as demonstrated by the Salem City students who: Exceed state standards in literacy and computation, develop intrinsic motivation to pursue education in and outside of the classroom setting, master the skills necessary to retrieve and analyze information, and become lifelong learners.

Congratulations to Ms. Regina Gatson, Salem High School school counselor, selected as the NJSCA 2018-2019 "Counselor of the County" for Salem County. Ms. Gatson was recognized at a ceremony held at TCNJ on Friday, March 22, 2019.

Meet Sister Carol Adams of the Salem City Board of Education. She is the New Jersey's School Board Member of the Year for 2018.

Sister Carol is joined in an interview by the Salem City Board President Yuenge Groce, who discusses Sister Carol’s contributions to the school and community with the NJSBA’s Ray Pinney.*Click the photo of Sister Carol to listen to the interview (https://youtu.be/rQmaa245Dlo)

The Fresh Fruit & Vegetable Program (FFVP) is a federally assisted program that provides FREE, FRESH fruits & vegetables to students in elementary schools which are selected by the government through an application process each year. We are proud to announce that John Fenwick Academy & Salem Middle School are recipients of the FFVP for the 2018-2019 school year.

We are “Committed to Excellence”, and we hope to make this site a primary source for timely information for all users, and a main gateway for improved communication between parents, teachers, students and our community.